New to the Collection: Build Your Practice the Logical Way

Build Your Practice the Logical Way by Carol Schiro Greenwald and Steven Skyles-Mulligan is a fairly short (<250 pages) book that can be an excellent resource for attorneys beginning their own practice or 3L's who are looking ahead to their near future and preparing for that eventuality. Below is a condensed version of the table of contents. This book can be found at call number KF 311. B83 2012.

Ch. 1 - Focus on Clients to Build Your Firm
Ch. 2 - Use Value to Create a Foundation of Loyalty
Ch. 3 - Master Communication Techniques to Build a Client-Centric Practice
Ch. 4 - Research to Understand Your Current Practice
Ch. 5 - Research to Ynderstand Your Foundation Clients' Worlds
Ch. 6 - Build a Client-Centric Firm
Ch. 7 - Replicate Your Foundation Clients
Ch. 8 - Pick the Low Hanging Fruit

Orientation Handouts in PDF

Did you know we had those snazzy Orientation handouts available online? We most certainly do, download and enjoy.

Westlaw Journals Access Update

If you happen to use journals in Westlaw as of August 1, 2012 the following Oxford University Press journals are no longer in Westlaw (however, they are on LexisNexis, accessible via Oxford’s own platform, and via HeinOnline and Ebsco (though not current issues because of embargo)):

British Journal of Criminology

Human Rights Law Review

International Journal of Constitutional Law

International Journal of Law and Information Technology

International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

International Journal of Refugee Law

Journal of Competition Law & Economics

Journal of Conflict and Security Law

Journal of Environmental Law

Journal of International Criminal Justice

Journal of International Dispute Settlement

Journal of International Economic Law

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Journal of Refugee Studies

Law, Probability and Risk

Medical Law Review

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

Statute Law Review 

The Loyola Law Library does maintain access to each of these alternative access points which can be found on our Online Resources page.

Monsoon Madness Link

We at the library wanted to make sure and link a new blog post by Professor Robert Verchick entitled Monsoon Madness. An interesting take on monsoons in India which is also where Prof. Verchick is researching this semester.

An interesting comparison for those students and blog readers from Louisiana and their dealing with hurricanes.

Labor Day Holiday Hours

Just as a clarification for our users. We will be open regular hours over the Labor Day Weekend.

We have had a few patrons ask if the schedule had just not been posted yet but there is no change from our regular hours of:

Monday - Thursday: 7:30 am - midnight
Friday: 7:30 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday: 10: am - 11:00 pm

As always our hours can be found on our website - http://law.loyno.edu/library

Speaker Series' Begin for the 2012-13 year

On Thursday, August 23, 2012, the College of Law will co-host, along with the Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society, a lecture by Catherine MacMillan, Reader in Legal History at Queen Mary, University of London, and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, London.  Dr.

MacMillan's lecture is entitled "Judah P. Benjamin: The Early English Career of an American Political Exile." 

Dr. MacMillan is a highly regarded legal historian and the author of the recently published Mistakes in Contract Law (Hart Publishing), a history of doctrine of contractual mistake in English law in which Benjamin's contributions to this development are examined. She is currently at work on a legal biography of Benjamin.

The lecture will take place in Room 344, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm.  Lunch will be provided.

Please join us for what should be a stimulating lecture. We will be joined by some members of the Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society, including Donna D. Fraiche, one of our most loyal alumna, who serves as President of the society.

** While this is not a library specific lecture we thought our followers would be interested in this opportunity.

Summer Break Schedule

The Law Library is now on it's "break schedule" as we are in between the Summer and Fall semesters and past the Louisiana Bar Exam. We are open Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 6 pm; Friday 8:30 am - 5 pm; Saturday 10 am - 6 pm; and Closed on Sunday. This will be in effect until August 8th.